Meet The Teacher!

I took Sammy to meet his preschool teacher Mrs. Haider yesterday. I can't believe he's old enough to go, somehow he seems SO much younger than Ben did when he started! Here are some pictures of the big event, and then I'll let him tell you all about it!

First Snow

Here I am making my very first snowball.
Look out Daddy! This one's got your name on it!
Here I am taking my first taste of this year's batch of snow.
Some for me...
... And some for my puppy.
(That's really what I'm trying to do, feed my puppy.)
And, finally, here I am, happy to be coming inside.
I am NOT done playing yet!
(This is after way over an hour in the backyard and it has turned completely dark outside.)

Falling, Playing, and Eating

Well, it took a while, but Mommy finally took me outside for some more puddle walking. Too bad I fell down and shortened the trip...

(There's supposed to be a video of Sam falling in a puddle here... And if I wasn't so busy today I'd put it in. I'll get to it someday. Promise.)

Since my boots were all wet, (my FIRST booter!) we had to stay in the backyard away from any more puddles, but I had a pretty good time playing with our sand toys and with Ben anyways. We couldn't go in the sandbox, it wasn't ready for us, but the deck was lots of fun and had plenty of snow for us to dig in.

Plus, as far as I can remember, snow tastes a lot better than sand anyways.

Oh Wookit!

I followed my big brother around for a while today. We went in puddles. It was my first time on a puddle walk. I liked it. There was lots of splashing to do, and lots and lots of things to see...

Wookit dat! Woah! Wooooooooo!

Woah! Woah! Woah! I geddit!
Wookit! Wassat? Wassat? Bike! Wookit!
Oh! Woah! Wook! Wookit! Bus! Woah! Woo! Wooooooooooooooooooooo!

Then Mommy took us for a ride. I liked that too, but I cried when she I realized she had taken us all the way back home. I hope she takes us out for some puddle walking again tomorrow.

Conversation

Mommy: Heeeeey... When did this get taken?
Ben did you take some pictures today with Mommy's camera?

Mommy: Wait this is Sammy. Ben did you take pictures of Sammy?

Mommy: Oh. Never mind Ben... Sammy!

Sammy: Smiles innocently.
Translated: Huh? What did I do?

Mommy: (Laughing) Sammy! Why did you take all these pictures?

Sammy: I nunnooooo!
Translated: I don't know!

Mommy: Oh for...

Mommy: ...Crying out loud... Sammy! You are such a monster!

Sammy: Smiles mischievously.
Translated: You ain't lyin bout dat.

(Incidently, there are at least 10 more photos from Sam's little stint as a photographer. (Mostly of his sweater and his mouth.) All of them with his lips pursed like that. And... This is currently Sam's favorite outfit. He wants to wear it all the time and when we try to take it off he cries, "Tiger! Tiger! Tigerrrrrrrrrrr!")

Sliding

One of my Christmas presents was this fancy sled. I let Ben come on it too... But only because Mommy and Daddy made me.
Then Daddy climbed on. That ticked me off a little bit.
Mommy and Ben went for a slide first.
Aunty stayed at the top of the hill to keep me company.
Then Aunty took Ben. Sigh. When do I get to go?
Finally.
Going down was easy and going up... Was just as easy.
It's good to be little.
Wo! This thing sure goes fast with all these people on here!
Aunty had to rest after that one. It was pretty intense.
Ben got some snow in his face when Mommy and Aunty had to put on the breaks. It took him a little while to cheer up.
Yup. It's good to be little.

Yah! Move there Aunty! Giddy up!

Nothing like a free ride and a nice stick to keep you company.
Good times.

Mommy says once it isn't -52 we'll go again. I can hardly wait!

Get This:

Sam pooped on the potty again today. He did it for the for the first time two days ago. The thing is... It's not just a fluke, he does it on purpose. When he has to poop sometimes he starts saying it over and over and if you put him on the potty and tell him to poop... HE DOES! He can pee on the potty too!

I don't mean to brag, but that kid is a potty prodigy. (At least compared to his big brother. Ben had so much trouble getting his equipment working.)

(I have a great video of him pooping, but sadly, when he actually did it I was so excited I lost my focus on preserving his modesty. If I can fix/edit/cut the video so no one can see his equipment I'll post it on here.)

Catching Up with Sam

Ho man. You wouldn't believe all the stuff that's been going on since my last post. Good thing my mommy has pictures so I can prove it.
I go pee on the potty now. Just for fun though. I am no where near being potty trained.
I got to go to Ben's preschool for a day. I think it was the bee costume that got me in the door. They had no idea I'm not really in his class. I'm thinking about trying it again for Ben's Christmas party this week.
It snowed! I helped Mommy and Ben shovel the driveway. They couldn't have done it without me.
Ben has been getting on my nerves lately. We fight a lot. We play a lot too. It's just that the fighting is much louder and gets Mommy's attention so there are more pictures of us doing it.
Aunty came for a visit. I like having her all to myself.
Too bad I don't get her all to myself very often because of my annoying brother.
We went to a parade with some people from church. Everyone else seemed to really enjoy it. I was mostly confused. If those guys can go on the street, why can't I?
The Riders won the Grey Cup! You can imagine how excited I was since I've been waiting my WHOLE LIFE for this to happen.
I learned to talk! Here are some of the words I can say. (Mommy can't remember all of them.)

Tubby, Fizzy, Phoebe, Gamma, hungy, up, down, run, wow, boddo, binket, juice, truck, copper, chain, cuck, caw, tacka, chain, cow, moo, goat, kitty, cat, pup pup, pickoyo, Pokoyo, Gins, umbella, chy dat, roni, picture, cama, book, fishy, froggy, owie, hug, show, phone, bike, nose, hair, foot, feet, hand, pants, shoes, socks, hat, jacket, boot, block, ball, Ben, Mama, Daddy, mine, tree, present, flower, bright, light, cayee, Aunty, cup, spoon, bowl, bath, disour, broom, shovel, carry you, bye, hi, ready, pocorn, pesi, cake, bayana, orange, gape, open it, belly, horse, duck, chicken, birdie, Qeen, ubellya, gain, wow... (Mommy will add to this as she thinks of things today.)

Yup. I've been a busy guy. No wonder Mommy has so much trouble finding time to post things. She promises to try and do better though, just not before Christmas.